The relationship between architecture and gender, ideas of freedom and space, and constructs of masculinity inspire The Open Spaces Project, an ambitious and exciting new work created by MACHiNENOiSY Co-Artistic Director Daelik. Choreographed for a cast of six men - Clinton Draper, Alex Ferguson, Shay Kuebler, Brett Owen, Chris Wright and Daelik himself - the work is an international collaboration with set design and dramaturgy by the innovative Berlin-based Australian artist Paul Gazzola, and sound and video by Calgary’s Adam Tindale. The audience moves around the space to experience multiple layers of movement, sound and visuals in an intense and illuminating performance which explores wide-ranging concepts of people and the spaces we inhabit.
Performances 8pm December 3-5 plus a 2pm matinee December 5, at Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver.
Tickets $26/$18 from 604 684 2787 www.ticketstonight.ca; all matinee tickets $15. Info: www.thedancecentre.ca.
TigerMilk present their grandest production yet, a dystopian tale of the last haute couture label in the world: House of KOSA.
House of KOSA by Miranda Huba is set in a visually fantastic world of celebrated craftsmanship. Loaded with cultural significance, it sets out to undermine our relationship to both fashion and the media.
A chorus of models, moonlighting as seamstresses in a basement sweatshop, unweave the twisted workings of the family that inhabit the House above them. The Mother (played by celebrated dancer/choreographer, Barbara Bourget) is in the attic creating the intricate designs, while devising the future of her family. The Father (Michael Springate) is at the breakfast table encouraging his Daughter (Kirsten Slenning) to recount her latest tale of front page debauchery.
The House runs like a well oiled machine until one Christmas morning the Daughter asks for the head of her Father...
A dynamic blending of Versailles with today’s lip-glossed fashionistas, House of KOSA is a celebration of the poetic, the profane, the poignant and, of course, fabulous taste.
Featuring costumes by cutting-edge Canadian designer Christina Darling, House of KOSA will burst to life under the bold direction of Olivia Delachanal.
To cure herself of writer’s block, an author decides to rent a haunted house in a remote location. Her goal: to write the biography of a ghost.
Instead of curing her of writer’s block, the author finds herself in an intense relationship with the missing and the dead. A haunting story with dark humour and twisted love, it is a spare exploration of the power we have to create and destroy.
MachineFair and Craning Neck Theatre present Biographies of the Dead and Dying, a psychological ghost story by Andrew Templeton, author of Portia, My Love (nominated for a Jessie for Outstanding Original Script 2006) and This Mortal Flesh (nominated for a Jessie for Outstanding Original Script 2009).
Unfolding in the manner of the best Hollywood ghost stories, including unexpected plot twists, Biographies of the Dead and Dying is directed by Jeremy Waller (The Dark Between) and features Heather Lindsay and Simon Driver.
In transforming the Havana Theatre into a haunted house Biographies of the Dead and Dying will employ the creative talents of innovative sound designer Emma Hendrix (nominated for a Jessie for Outstanding Sound Design 2009 for Transmission), intelligent scenography by Kyla Gardiner and stylish costumes by Nina Prelog.
Readings, music, stories, poetry – Christmas Presence without the Christmas! In the tradition of Confessions, Testimony and Passion. At Sutherland Church in North Vancouver.
Take two audacious songwriters, pair them with Vancouver’s most ambitious burlesque company and watch the feathers fly as The Wet Spots and Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society present SHINE: A Burlesque Musical.
A tassel-twirling original, SHINE: A Burlesque Musical is a full-book musical about an infamous burlesque theatre and the family of talented misfits who try to save it from demolition... or worse, respectability. Featuring the award-winning choreography of Screaming Chicken coupled with the acclaimed songwriting of cabaret duo The Wet Spots, SHINE is racy, intelligent entertainment for adults that will appeal to the same adventurous audiences drawn to productions such as Rocky Horror and Avenue Q.
SHINE celebrates the re-emerging arts of burlesque, cabaret, and variety with catchy songs, campy jokes and plenty of bump and grind. A sneak preview of SHINE (under its working title By the Seat of Our Panties) played to two enthusiastic, over-capacity audiences at the WISE Hall during the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival this past May.
So, what do ya call a a misplaced forearm that's gone awry... and a winged Jack Benny with an assignment?
It's the "Festival of Mythical Plays and Winning One-Acts" being presented by Vancouver's own Theatre In the Raw. We've been on the road with our 2009 spring Lower Mainland Mini-Tour of original One-Act Plays - we'll be presenting 2 shows this Sunday...
Plus... Musical Act, E.C. Salazar - Folk Guitar with Mouth Trumpet
"Tunes in the Key of Little Mountain"
1. Nuclear Fall-In by Ed Ballou - an original winning One-Act Play - A nuclear family is living/working too close to a leaky nuclear plant. (no pun intended) Mutation of living creatures is on the rise. This play has a number of way out surprises and something "loaded" to say.
No rehearsals. This is live.
Admission: BY DONATION
At the CRS, we cast brand new scripts on the spot, then watch them fly in front of a live audience. The CRS is the place for Vancouver's artists to meet one another, share their work, and create more. Every live reading ends with a party in the Gallery where you can meet up with other artists over a cold beer.
Actors need to make quick, strong choices and commit to the story. You don't have to submit your headshot and resume around here, just come on down. Casting starts at 7:30 pm. If it's your first time, come say hello, grab a beer, and watch the readings. You'll get an idea of how we work.
For its 16th season, the CRS is moving to a once a month schedule with a special event or two thrown into the mix. For more information on the 2009 CRS please visit www.evolvingartscollective.com and click on the shows & events link.
CURRENT SCHEDULE:
July 23 @ 7:30pm - Opening Night!
August 20 @ 7:30pm
September 10 @ 7:30pm
No rehearsals. This is live.
Admission: BY DONATION
At the CRS, we cast brand new scripts on the spot, then watch them fly in front of a live audience. The CRS is the place for Vancouver's artists to meet one another, share their work, and create more. Every live reading ends with a party in the Gallery where you can meet up with other artists over a cold beer.
Actors need to make quick, strong choices and commit to the story. You don't have to submit your headshot and resume around here, just come on down. Casting starts at 7:30 pm. If it's your first time, come say hello, grab a beer, and watch the readings. You'll get an idea of how we work.
For its 16th season, the CRS is moving to a once a month schedule with a special event or two thrown into the mix. For more information on the 2009 CRS please visit www.evolvingartscollective.com and click on the shows & events link.
CURRENT SCHEDULE:
July 23 @ 7:30pm - Opening Night!
August 20 @ 7:30pm
September 10 @ 7:30pm
No rehearsals. This is live.
Admission: BY DONATION
At the CRS, we cast brand new scripts on the spot, then watch them fly in front of a live audience. The CRS is the place for Vancouver's artists to meet one another, share their work, and create more. Every live reading ends with a party in the Gallery where you can meet up with other artists over a cold beer.
Actors need to make quick, strong choices and commit to the story. You don't have to submit your headshot and resume around here, just come on down. Casting starts at 7:30 pm. If it's your first time, come say hello, grab a beer, and watch the readings. You'll get an idea of how we work.
For its 16th season, the CRS is moving to a once a month schedule with a special event or two thrown into the mix. For more information on the 2009 CRS please visit www.evolvingartscollective.com and click on the shows & events link.
CURRENT SCHEDULE:
July 23 @ 7:30pm - Opening Night!
August 20 @ 7:30pm
September 10 @ 7:30pm
